Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 37. The advantages of Povertie

IF you have povertie, you have no sumptuous,
But a most easie ghuest, secure, and quiet:
Who will preserve your mind from being presum∣ptuous,
From prodigality, excessive ryot:
From vicious pleasures, Robbers, and the stealth
Of theeves, which ills befall to those, have wealth.

1. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 27. Of Lust, and Anger
2. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 33. The onely true progresse to a blessed life
3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 19. The Parallel of Nature, and For∣tune
5. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 23. A counsell not to vse severity, where gentle dealing may prevaile

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